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Today's new GSFTW apology is getting much more of the same public reaction. Mismanage, apologize, get lit up for not sticking by their word, rinse and repeat.

GSFTW chat is absolutely on fire with shitposting comparisons to Free Fur All, complaints about being censored, staff angry at corrupt board, and directly challenging staff to resign.

If you reached this point, here's the top post again for reference. This thread got longer than a list of GSFTW excuses. bsky.app/profile/dogp... Plus, answer to: why now?

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Garden State Fur the Weekend is currently hosting Furry Raiders who are welcome back with no explanation after previous bans, and teaming up to flood their chat with inane posts as if they're just regular furries dogpatch.press/2024/10/21/g...

Nazis are so inherently toxic, you either stop them at the door, or have a bigger problem when they vindictively retaliate at being evicted. Case in point; nazifur Chris "Astral" Curtis is crying lawsuit to intimidate people using their free speech to accurately describe mismanagement at GSFTW.

Of course Astral is doing a baby tantrum and playing Karen about people who care about their community. There's no actual case and you can call him a nazi to your heart's content.

GSFTW board don't get how over it is. Everyone has seen how they handled Dashing's bullshit and the nazifurs with utter subservience. They are incapable of detaching from fatal liability.

"No, we'll actually do real action this time and stick by our word without reversing it again, this time will be different, we swear, trust us". Instead of just not inviting Nazis and saving themselves from self-inflicted destruction.

A tipper sent archived chat with Peter/arcticwindsphoto/Flynn, the GSFTW volunteer interviewed on Fox News and welcomed in their groups. The chat questions Peter about doxing other furries on Kiwifarms.

GSFTW has deleted their January promise to ban hate group members, at some point recently, while they also recently removed such bans without explanation and caused the storm of protest about mismanagement. This was deleted from Twitter, and their announcement channel was entirely deleted as well.

GSFTW also reopened their locked Telegram chat to a storm of protest. They are attempting damage control again, by having Dashing announcing leaving (again), with no explanation for the mismanagement decisions or how he will transfer his ownership of the con.

For damage control, GSFTW belatedly removed chat member W0nder again (after lifting his ban without explanation - why?) W0nder is a personal friend of con management. He says he was banned for "being Republican" when he had posted about wanting to ram protesters with his car and being transphobic.

To back up W0nder being friend of con management, posted after his first ban that was mysteriously lifted without explanation to everyone who would have to put up with him.

From GSFTW chat: a powerful message summing up how much the members feel failed by managers who favor problematic friends, instead of community interest. (Needs documenting in case of deletion.) Shy Matsi, now assumed leader if Dashing leaves, has been silent to all concerned.

The powerful message to management emphasizes that all concerned are PAYING supporters who deserve answers. Meanwhile, despite departure of vendors and GOH's, the non-updated website is now falsely advertising those attractions to those who might pay to attend.

Shy Matsi, the silent GSFTW chair who acts proxy for his friend Dashing, is being scrutinized for a history of favoring problem people. Shy harbors multi-convicted sex offender Growly in his hookup group Furries Xtreme. "There are people so toxic that if you allow them, everyone is gonna leave."

Incredible things coming out in GSFTW chat. "Here’s Shy Matsi’s fellow admin of FurriesXtreme stating that multiple people have asked him to remove Growly and he still hasn’t." - Shy's fellow admin: "People are leaving the group because of it."

Absolutely. Shy refuses to differentiate bad people from good, or right from wrong. Call him OUT on it though, and he'll go after you. Like he did for me :) And the rest of the active NJ mod team :)

Shy also hung out with Crusader Cat when everyone was WELL aware of his "shenanigans" too. Only stopped hanging out when the dude dropped off the face of the Earth. He has a long history of associating with the worst people, and to this day hosts furmeets (at the PRIDE center!) with alt-righters.

He refuses to ever differentiate right from wrong, or good from bad. And he positions himself in seats of power wherever he can, preventing others from handling those individuals. He's been a long-time problem in the NJ community, but got away with it because of surface level "niceness".